David’s Determinist Substack

On Literary Criticism

The Coda to my Novella

Dec 8, 2025 • David Abbott

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Nate Silver Weighs In

Three days after the Orosco Execution, Nate Silver posted the following:

Dec 6, 2025 • David Abbott

American Nawab

This is the funniest thing I’ve written yet.

Dec 4, 2025 • David Abbott

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Chasing Tail

Phil Mason hated Texas heat and had bought a place in Taos to escape it.

Dec 2, 2025 • David Abbott

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November 2025

I Come to Honor Newton, Not Cancel Him

Newton never performed a regression.

Nov 12, 2025 • David Abbott

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On Almost Being Good at Math

A Lawyer Reflects on the Path not Taken

Nov 8, 2025 • David Abbott

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Cancelation

The Terror was not demographically significant.

Nov 2, 2025 • David Abbott

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Finding Grace

The sun spins in a quiet arm of the Milky Way, far enough from the rapacious middle for its planets to flourish.

Nov 1, 2025 • David Abbott

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October 2025

Triangulation

Many things were unacceptable to Representative Karen Miscold, Democrat from Austin: capital punishment, food deserts, fracking, gas stoves, and…

Oct 30, 2025 • David Abbott

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Ted Cruz and the Texas Whole Head Guillotine Court

The senator sat alone in his office as the lights of downtown Washington tinted his saggy red cheeks.

Oct 27, 2025 • David Abbott

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Consummation

The Final Chapter of my Series, but I can’t resist the urge to write it now.

Oct 26, 2025 • David Abbott

August 2025

Against Equality of Opportunity

“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

Aug 30, 2025 • David Abbott

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